Peterson Reference Guide To Birding By Impression

2015-05-05 Nature

Author : Kevin T. Karlson
Release : 2015-05-05
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 861/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Peterson Reference Guide To Birding By Impression by : Kevin T. Karlson

Download or read book Peterson Reference Guide To Birding By Impression written by Kevin T. Karlson. This book was released on 2015-05-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly visual guide to identifying birds in the field based on the important, unchanging features of size, shape, structure, and behavior Birding is an extremely rewarding and fun hobby, but some situations can be frustrating or unsuccessful because of a variety of challenging viewing conditions. This guide to identifying birds offers the holistic “birding by impression” method, which not only helps with these difficult conditions, but also develops an efficient mental identification process using left- and right-brain skills. It begins with a conscious assessment of a bird’s unchanging physical characteristics, including general size, body shape, structural features (bill, legs, neck, and wings), and behavior. Using this approach, birders can quickly assess all birds and distinguish new and uncommon species from familiar ones. They can then examine more detailed field marks to fine-tune the identification. Rather than a traditional field guide, this book presents an interactive how-to approach to a more complete identification process.

Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior

2020 Birds

Author : John Kricher
Release : 2020
Genre : Birds
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 362/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior written by John Kricher. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at what birds do and why they do it Both casual and serious birdwatchers can take their skills to the next level with this detailed consideration of bird behavior. This book makes it possible to move beyond identifying birds to understanding some of the underpinning and meaning to what birds do, how they do it, and why they do it. Written in an easy-to-understand style, with an abundance of photos illustrating the behaviors, the book shows how flight, molt, migration, feeding, predation, social behavior, courtship, and nesting shape birds' behaviors. Birds are everywhere, and easy to observe; this introduction to elements of bird behavior will connect readers more intimately with these remarkable and beguilingly perceptive animals.

Peterson Reference Guide To Sparrows of North America

2019-03-19 Nature

Author : Rick Wright
Release : 2019-03-19
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 179/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Peterson Reference Guide To Sparrows of North America by : Rick Wright

Download or read book Peterson Reference Guide To Sparrows of North America written by Rick Wright. This book was released on 2019-03-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to identifying 76 kinds, along with a fascinating history of human interactions with them. What, exactly, is a sparrow? All birders (and many non-birders) have essentially the same mental image of a pelican, a duck, or a flamingo, and a guide dedicated to waxwings or kingfishers would need nothing more than a sketch and a single sentence to satisfactorily identify its subject. Sparrows are harder to pin down. This book covers one family (Passerellidae), which includes towhees and juncos, and 76 members of the sparrow clan. Birds have a human history, too, beginning with their significance to native cultures and continuing through their discovery by science, their taxonomic fortunes and misfortunes, and their prospects for survival in a world with ever less space for wild creatures. This book includes not just facts and measurements, but stories—of how birds got their names and how they were discovered—of their entanglement with human history.

Owls of North America and the Caribbean

2015 Nature

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Release : 2015
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 039/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Owls of North America and the Caribbean by : Scott Weidensaul

Download or read book Owls of North America and the Caribbean written by Scott Weidensaul. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With detailed information about identification, calls, habitat, breeding, nesting, and behavior, this reference guide has the most up-to-date information about natural history, taxonomy, biology, ecology, migration and conservation status."--Book jacket.

Seawatching

2013 NATURE

Author : Ken Behrens
Release : 2013
Genre : NATURE
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 398/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Seawatching by : Ken Behrens

Download or read book Seawatching written by Ken Behrens. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide that teaches birders how to effectively identify eastern waterbirds in flight using a method of identification that emphasizes birds' structure, behavior, and overall color.

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